Companies Act 2014
F100[Directors to have regard to certain matters where company is, or is likely to be, unable to pay its debts
224A. (1) A director of a company who believes, or who has reasonable cause to believe, that the company is, or is likely to be, unable to pay its debts (within the meaning of section 509(3)), shall have regard to –
(a) the interests of the creditors,
(b) the need to take steps to avoid insolvency, and
(c) the need to avoid deliberate or grossly negligent conduct that threatens the viability of the business of the company.
(2) The duty imposed by this section on a director shall be owed by them to the company (and the company alone) and shall be enforceable in the same way as any other fiduciary duty owed to a company by its directors.]
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F100
Inserted (27.07.2022) by European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 380 of 2022) reg. 4, subject to restriction on application in reg. 3.